Los Olivos isn’t playing hard to get – it’s genuinely small, with just a few streets comprising its downtown. You could walk across the entire town in about seven minutes, which might be the shortest ...

Cachuma Lake is a classic camping spot near Santa Barbara and Solvang, California. It has a ton of tent camping spots available all throughout the property, with all the amenities you need. You can ...

Here are the best restaurants to try in Santa Barbara. Elsewhere, find Eater’s guide to planning 24 hours in Santa Barbara, or where to stop if venturing further up the coast.

If you somehow require further persuasion as to why Santa Barbara is a fantastic getaway right now, check Eater’s Santa Barbara 24-hour guide or essential Santa Barbara restaurants map.

There will be a six month study of the safety issues on the Hot Springs Trail in Montecito. Citizens and fire officials are concerned about emergency evacuations.

The ultimate Montecito, California travel guide, including where to stay, what to eat and what to do in the Santa Barbara town.

The Santa Barbara wine industry showed up Tuesday to support creating a Wine Business Improvement District, which would add a 1% assessment for wine sold directly to consumers at tasting rooms.

A Central Coast city won’t be joining a new California wine country district after a vote held by the city council last week. Although the Lompoc City Council voted 2-1 in favor of the idea ...

If Central California’s Santa Ynez Valley, in Santa Barbara County, is known for anything, it’s wine. It’s nowhere near as famous as Napa or Bordeaux, of course, but this bucolic region of ...

It was the hit film "Sideways" that put the Santa Ynez Valley on the map, said Francesca Angelini in The Times. Fifty years ago, this beautiful wine region two hours' drive north of Los Angeles ...

A Santa Barbara County wildfire in the mountains above the Santa Ynez Valley has spread to more than 19,000 acres, causing evacuations near vineyards and Neverland Ranch.